Category Archive: Literature
On Friday 23rd September best-selling author of My Best Friend’s Girl, The Chocolate Run and The Ice Cream Girls, will be talking about her life as a writer and her new book The Woman He Loved Before at Chichester Library. Dorothy’s first novel The cupid Effect was published 2001 and in 2006 her third novel [...]
Featuring poets Mario Petrucci and Liz Adams, plus Open Mic Poetry Come along to Chichester Library on Thursady 29th September to celebrate National Poetry Day one week early. You can enjoy readings from Chichester born poet Liz Adams as well as top award-winning poet Mario Petrucci. Liz is launching her new collection, Green Dobermans, and Mario Petrucci, [...]
Want to Inspire your Creative Writing this Summer? Come along to our Creative Writers’ Retreat Weekend. Who: Budding wordsmiths and all those interested in writing. Want to brush up on your penmanship? Want some peace and quiet to get those chapters finished? Want to meet some likeminded creatives? This is your cup of tea! [...]
Last week local creative writer Katy Lassetter spent an evening with international bestselling author and Chichester resident Kate Mosse at Chichester Library. This informal chat about writing and publishing gave a fascinating insight into Kate’s creative writing inspirations and processes. It was also the ideal setting to discuss just how important our libraries are to [...]
Name: Mary Atkinson Business: Mary Atkinson Holistic Therapy Courses Location: Chichester Website: www.maryatkinson.com Tell us about your background: My degree is in Media Studies which I studied back in 1975-8. It was actually the first time the course was ever taught and we were guinea pigs, although I didn’t discover this until about 5 years [...]
Ever wanted to know more about the minor characters in a major play? Ever wondered what they were up to all that time they weren’t on stage? Well, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead explores this notion in all its complex entirety, from 20th May until 11th June at Chichester Festival Theatre. As the [...]
Thursday 9th June will see the official launch of Isabel Ashdown’s eagerly awaited second novel, Hurry Up and Wait (Myriad Editions, 2011). Isabel Ashdown grew up in East Wittering and now lives in Chichester with her family. After completing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, Isabel now regularly attends creative writing [...]
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